OPEN LINE: Some of life's lessons are best learned the hard way

3:32 PM,
Oct. 5, 2013

Written by

Jim Monday

In the last few months, I find myself hooked on the "house-hunting" programs on television - and some of the cooking shows.

Otherwise, there's little to see in my mind on current TV channels on my television. All one can find most evenings are shows with themes and action that is hardly fit for family night.

Thank goodness for those who do provide entertainment such as old movies, television reruns and a few other family-oriented programs. Sometimes, when one finds what seems to be a family program, there can be some surprising clips of some murder, mayhem or some other non-family issue slipped ...